Podcast appearances and mentions of deacon philip

Acts Timeline https://www.2belikechrist.com/articles/timeline-of-the-book-of-acts  Acts 8:9-25 Good evening everyone, Just a quick update, the next couple episodes will be the next few promised installments in the big timeline project, episodes of which are now marked with a latin cross at the beginning of the episode name to make them easily identifiable, now including all such episodes released so far. For those episodes, remember they were originally put together for the daily format, so words like “yesterday” and “tomorrow” should be taken with a grain of salt, as the last such episode was in early October, and the next after these will be in 2025 at the earliest. Next month, which I guess is technically this month, I'm officially recording in March now, uh anyways later in March we've got some birthday interviews, and I'm going to let those carry the show until April, when the next worldbuilding Episode on the Gospel of Mark should be ready, followed by Luke in May and John in June. If I fall behind on that plan, don't be alarmed, that's life and there's a lot of life right now. No matter what, I'll have another update for you on June 29th, everyone's favorite feast day, and don't worry, I haven't forgotten about Cardinal Numbers. Anyways, for today, here's past me, going into a little more detail about the adventures of Saint Philip, the Evangelist! Welcome to Popeular History! My name is Gregg, and yeah, there are show notes these days. They have transcripts, and links! Lovely stuff. Anyways… Last episode we concluded our discussion of who can claim the status of the First Gentile Convert. If the Samaritans Philip had converted shortly after Stephen's stoning count- and to be clear as I previously argued I don't think they actually should, since Samaritans aren't normally considered gentiles, but if they do manage to count, then Simon Magus has a decent claim to be the first Gentile convert, as he was among those first recorded Samaritan baptisms.   Let's dive in, quote   "for some time a man named Simon had practiced sorcery in the city and amazed all the people of Samaria. He boasted that he was someone great, and all the people, both high and low, gave him their attention and exclaimed, “This man is rightly called the Great Power of God.” They followed him because he had amazed them for a long time with his sorcery. But when they believed Philip as he proclaimed the good news of the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women Simon himself believed and was baptized. And he followed Philip everywhere, astonished by the great signs and miracles he saw." End quote   Now that's basically the part we covered last episode, but with the addition of Simon as a sorcerer. But wait, there's more! Quote:   When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to Samaria. When they arrived, they prayed for the new believers there that they might receive the Holy Spirit, because the Holy Spirit had not yet come on any of them; they had simply been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. Then Peter and John placed their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit."   End quote   This is one of the key texts for the practice of the Sacrament of Confirmation, as it shows a separate reception of the Holy Spirit after baptism. It's also interesting to observe how the baptism was carried out by Deacon Philip, but the confirmation part seems to have required the presence of the apostles, the predecessors of the bishops. This matches current practice, where deacons- or really anyone in a pinch- can baptize, but confirmation is generally reserved to the bishop. In modern practice it might also be delegated to the priests, so maybe some of those priests who joined the Jerusalem Jesus club after Peter's Pentecost homily could have done in a pinch.   I also want to note that I saw some commentary suggesting Philip the Deacon was the same as Philip the Apostle, sort of an embedded agent among the deacons, but I think the way that all played out just now is an effective counterargument to that theory. There's a million Johns, why not multiple Philips?   Anyways, the next section is what Simon is most famous for and is where the practice of Simony- the selling of Church offices, blessings, and or pardons gets its name.   Quote   "When Simon saw that the Spirit was given at the laying on of the apostles' hands, he offered them money and said, “Give me also this ability so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”   Peter answered: “May your money perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money! You have no part or share in this ministry, because your heart is not right before God. Repent of this wickedness and pray to the Lord in the hope that he may forgive you for having such a thought in your heart. For I see that you are full of bitterness and captive to sin.”   Then Simon answered, “Pray to the Lord for me so that nothing you have said may happen to me.”   End quote   Alright, so Peter condemns, and Simon Magus repents, and therefore the practice of Simony is ended for all time. Just kidding. Simony is one of the most popular pieces of corruption in the Church, and while being pretty consistently condemned it just keeps popping up. We'll even get to the point where the Papacy is effectively sold, and yeah, that's considered a low point, not to mention the way the apparent selling of forgiveness in the form of indulgences helped spark the Protestant Reformation. There was some fancy mental and theological footwork being done to argue that the whole indulgences thing wasn't *really* Simony, but the whole situation reeked of corruption and Europe exploded. Now look, it wasn't the only cause and I'm being needlessly dramatic here, but let me have this one because that was fun to say.   Speaking of things we can have fun with but should probably feel academically guilty about, I want to turn to some less generally reliable sources tomorrow. You know, the 3s, 4s, and 5s on our credibility scale. They've got more info on Deacon Philip, more info on Simeon Bachos- remember that's the Ethiopian Eunuch, a lot more info on Simon Magus, and heck, more info on Peter too, while we're at it. Of course I think the word "info" might be a stretch. Words. These sources have more words on those folks.   I'm sure tomorrow will be a banger as we dive onto the New Testament Apocrypha- and as we make our way to Rome!

Hey everyone, Welcome back! First, thank you all for the 417 downloads in the month of November. Not bad, considering my complete absence! Now, as much as I like reassuring folks that I haven't died, I do hate cluttering my feed with episodes whose purpose is mainly to apologize for delay, so I've decided not to do that. I'd rather just focus on all the Catholic history this show is here for. Plus, I went on official hiatus in order to not stress out about scheduling and deadlines, so my revised plan for this hiatus is instead of giving a firm something-every-month commitment, I'm going to just do my best with a monthly target as a loose framework. Feel free to reach out to me at Popeularhistory@gmail.com or whatever social if you ever do want to check in–I absolutely love hearing from listeners! If I do actually die, my obituary will be published in the Newark Advocate and I've made arrangements to have it read on this feed, that way you're not left hanging. This pod will not fade, one way or another we will have an official final episode. But that's not expected for many decades, as I'm in my mid-30s, and I'm obviously obsessed with history through Pope-colored glasses, and as we have seen I'm not going to be running out of material anytime soon. In fact, the biggest issue at the moment is *too much* material. And really, I've done the podcaster equivalent of having too many tabs open at once. Let's do a quick roundup of what all I've got going on, and how we're going to do this transition from a daily show to monthly-ish. First up, my next episode will be a handy romp through well over 100 of your favorite administrative terms from all over the org chart of the Catholic Church, especially the Roman Catholic Church. That sort of glossary is going to be helpful background for Cardinal Numbers moving forward, as I know the terms come hot and heavy there. We're doing that as our next step because as I've mentioned I'd like to cover all the current Cardinal-Electors before the next conclave. I wish him well and don't think his latest bout of illness is anything catastrophic, but no one is expecting Francis to be Pope 20 years from now, least of all himself, and if I don't prioritize Cardinal Numbers it could easily take that long to get there. So, Cardinal Numbers first, and I've actually got a fresh batch of 12 episodes of that written. Electors are always aging out, and of course Pope Francis could always add more, but roughly seven more batches of 12 should get us there. If we aim to do a nice round of Cardinal Numbers every other month, we'll get there in early 2025. Of course if we're aiming for Cardinal Numbers every other month and content every month, that leaves us a space every other, uh, other month for stuff that *isn't* Cardinal Numbers. And like I mentioned, we've got a lot of open projects to choose from. The most awkwardly dangling is our big timeline of the administrative history of the Catholic Church, with poor Deacon Philip left hanging once again. I've already got the rest of his episodes written, actually they're even recorded and maybe even edited, so we'll do those, and then we'll let that big project sit for a while while we tie up other loose ends. Remember, the plan with that project–Project VERITAS if you're looking it up on Popeularhistory.com–is to cover the whole administrative history of the Catholic Church from start to finish in moderate detail, plus going into more thorough detail on all the Cardinals so we've got more Cardinal Numbers coming up when we get our first named Cardinal in 112AD. So obviously, though I'm going to be backburnering Project Veritas for a few years once we have Deacon Philip settled, don't worry, that'll be the main show in due course. Of course, there's also classic Popeular History, now the Solemn High Pod, where we've been building Pope Colored glasses for years now. I'm on family leave here, so I'm not going to commit back to a new episode of that every solemnity, but it'll be the principal every-other-month partner for Cardinal Numbers until our rosary themed tour of the New Testament is done and we can call it a wrap on the overall Catholic Worldbuilding series. Then, we'll have some summarizing and reflecting to do–believe it or not, that's going to be fitting in well with the Encyclopedia Catholica concept I announced right before hiatus so that's where Encyclopedia Catholica will be fitting if if you were wondering about that. After that, believe it or not, yes, there will still be the main show that those worldbuilding episodes were building up to, an 87 episode walk through the history of the Papacy itself. And knowing me, probably all of of those 87 episodes will be multiparters. We'll be weaving that into the long-term schedule along with project VERITAS and Cardinal Numbers, not to mention other things like interviews and Habemus Pointsam and I guess my solemnity specials being slotted in. And whatever else popes up along the way. We've got decades of beefy content to go here, there's a reason the last planned episode is my obituary. So, let's get to it. I'll be posting the Holy Org Chart with all those definitions I mentioned once enough time has passed that I'm confident these will show up in the right order in the feed. Thank you for listening, God bless you all!

Conversion of Ethiopian Eunuch: Acts 8:12 Samaritan Newsletter Online http://www.thesamaritanupdate.com/  Samaritan Museum https://samaritanmuseum.com/  Some Ethopian Eunuch commentary https://www.americamagazine.org/content/good-word/acts-apostles-online-commentary-25  Welcome to Popeular History, a library of Catholic knowledge and insights brought to you daily. My name is Gregg, yes there are more transcripts in the show notes again, that's going to be an ongoing thing, and last episode we concluded our discussion of Philip's baptism of the Ethiopian Eunuch, making the case that it should almost certainly not be considered the first baptism of a gentile, though it very likely did represent the baptism of someone very much on the fringe of the Jewish world. Today we look at a group on that fringe that Philip had actually baptized earlier: the Samaritans. If being on the fringe counts, they should get credit over Simeon Bachos, the Ethiopian Eunuch. What, did you think the guy had no name? Of course he had a name, it just wasn't recorded in Acts, more on that later. But enough about him, he got two whole episodes and now this aside to boot. Let's get on to the Samaritans Philip baptized in Acts 8:12.   Samaritans have always had a complicated relationship with Jews. You see, the Samaritans claim to be the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel, returned to the land after they were exiled by the Assyrians. The fact that they're best known as the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel and not the Ten Found Tribes of Israel gives some hint as to what the Jews thought of such claims.   In the First Century, there were a pretty good number of Samaritans around, and like our friend the Eunuch they appeared to operate on the edge of Jewish society. Even today that's still the case, and yes it turns out there are still Samaritans around today- 874 of them as of 2022 be precise. That number is actually up from around 100 as of 1700. Anyways, while both these Samaritan converts and the Ethiopian Eunuch are decent enough candidates for secret third and Fourth thing options, I am actually going to argue neither of them makes the cut for being the first Gentiles brought into the Church. After all, the Rabbis of modern Israel consider the Samaritans Jews, though with some caveats, and I already made my arguments about the Ethiopian Eunuch.   So what's our secret fifth thing that's the real, real, *real* answer then? Well, keep in mind there definitely seemed to be a lot of gentiles kicking around when the Holy Spirit got everyone in the splash zone speaking in Tongues at Pentecost, but I'd say that's a bit of an exception itself since no baptism was involved and it's hard to argue someone is suddenly a Christian when they really have no idea what's going on and are likely very confused. Not exactly a recipe for a vibrant spiritual life in the absence of further faith formation, in any event. If we look back even further, before there technically was a Church at all, it seems highly likely that John the Baptist would have baptized a few gentiles, or at least some liminal characters like eunuchs and Samaritans. But when we've reached John we've really gone too far back. Fundamentally the question is who was the first gentile to be baptized in the name of the father, and of the son, and of the Holy Spirit, which I expect was not the exact recipe John was using though who knows, maybe it was. Either way John was just too early, I'm definitely keeping the start date for Church History as Pentecost.   So who was the first gentile baptized?   Look, in the end, it was probably someone completely lost to history. Jesus told the Apostles to Baptize all the nations, and then the Apostles ran off to the four corners of the Earth to fulfill the Great Commission. They weren't as worried about keeping good records as they were about winning souls for Christ before the world ended, and Christ had already told them the present generation would not pass away before that time came, so the clock, as they understood it, was ticking. There have now been tens of billions of Christians throughout history, most of them gentiles, and those gentile Christians had to come from somewhere. Somewhere along the way the first gentile was baptized, and I'm willing to pick the year 100 as a guess for when gentile Christians started to outnumber Jewish Christians. Once the ball got rolling, despite various tensions, it wasn't going to stop. We'll revisit both Jewish Christians and Judaism in future episodes, but I promise this is the last time you'll hear me give my thoughts and theories on the first gentile convert. Let's put that milestone in Church history behind us. We're gonna take a break for the weekend, with our Saturday modern cardinal and our encyclopedia Sunday, but then, tune in on Monday as we turn to look at Simon Magus. Thank you for listening; God bless you all!

Conversion of Ethiopian Eunuch Acts 8:26-40 LINKS Deacon Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch Part I: The Living Water Acts Timeline https://www.2belikechrist.com/articles/timeline-of-the-book-of-acts  Ethiopian Eunuch queer interpretation https://qspirit.net/ethiopian-eunuch-church-queers/  Secret Third Thing Memes and Jokes https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.knowyourmeme.com/memes/a-secret-third-thing  Some Ethopian Eunuch commentary https://www.americamagazine.org/content/good-word/acts-apostles-online-commentary-25  Thank you for listening, and thank my family and friends for putting up with the massive time investment and for helping me out as needed. As always, feel free to email the show at Popeularhistory@gmail.com  If you would like to financially support Popeular history, go to www.patreon.com/Popeular. If you don't have any money to spare but still want to give back, pray and tell others– prayers and listeners are worth more than gold! TRANSCRIPT Welcome to Popeular History, a library of Catholic knowledge and insights brought to you daily. My name is Gregg; there's transcripts in the show notes now; and in today's episode we're picking our main narrative back up after several weeks of special content dedicated to the fresh batch of new Cardinals Pope Francis created last month. I probably could have cut things off in a more natural place than between Parts I and II of our discussion of Deacon Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch, but hey, what's done is done. In the first part of this discussion, which came out on September 8th and is linked in those show notes I mentioned for your convenience, we got deep into Philip's baptism of the Ethiopian Eunuch, talking about its implications as a candidate for the first baptism of a Gentile and ultimately- I hope successfully- showing how following received tradition can lead one to boldly do new things without fear when that's what you know you're supposed to do. Today I tear all that apart, or at least half apart, because though this event was significant, I don't think it's actually a good candidate for the first baptism of a gentile, as much as I like the secret third thing theory. What's the secret third thing? Well, very often when you're given two choices, the actual most correct answer is a secret third thing. Like how historians love to say well it's complicated when asked if the answer is A or B, and then they proceed to explain how it's a little bit A and a little bit B. Was the French Revolution caused by the incompetence of the monarchs or the ambition of the lawyers? A secret third thing! Was Churchill a hero or a racist? A secret third thing! Did FDR know about Pearl Harbor? …you get the idea. So naturally, was it Peter or the men from Cyprus and Cyrene that we talked about who really baptized the first Gentiles? Now of course my money is still on the secret third thing option here, as in it was probably neither of those events in actuality. But before we go any further I should explain why I also don't think it was the Ethiopian Eunuch, either. First and foremost, the dude was travelling from friggin' Ethiopia to Jerusalem to worship, and second, he was studying a scroll of Isaiah along the way. Just, quick first impression, do these things that *sound* like the behavior of a full-on Gentile to you? If he wasn't a Jew, my guess is it's because there was something preventing him. Perhaps his race, sure, but such conversions did happen, after all an ethiopian was just as much a non-Israelite as a moabite, and King David's great-grandmother Ruth was a moabite who had converted to Judaism. No, it's not the Ethiopian part that would have kept him out of being fully integrated into Judaism, rather it's the Eunuch part. Without going too far down a path I am a laughably inadequate guide for, it seems Deuteronomy 23:1, quote, "No one who has been emasculated by crushing or cutting may enter the assembly of the Lord" End quote would most likely have been standing in The Eunuch's way. If my understanding of how that bit of Torah was applied in 1st Century Judea is correct, and to be clear it may well not be, so call me out if I'm wrong, but if my guess is correct this wasn't the baptism of a gentile, but it also wasn't exactly the baptism of another garden-variety Jew, either. It was a baptism that occurred within a secret third category, a liminal space. In modern parlance, which lets me be extra evocative but let's not get too carried away with anachronistic interpretations here, it was the baptism of a gender minority. Of course, when there's a secret third thing made visible, it's very likely that there's another secret option available, and indeed there is. Earlier in the chapter, we hear about how Philip has been baptizing Samaritans. Now, I was hoping to cover that section and its nuances today, much like how I was hoping to originally have all of this be, you know, a single episode on Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch. But it looks like we've managed to hit another spot where I need to once again swallow my pride and refuse to exceed my hard word count limit for these core episodes lest they get to be too long. I promise next time will indeed be the end of the surprisingly extensive "first gentile Christian" discussion, because I already have the rest written so it can't run over a third time. See you tomorrow! Thank you for listening; God bless you all!

Conversion of Ethiopian Eunuch Acts 8:26-40 The Great Commission Mt 28:19 Some Ethopian Eunuch commentary https://www.americamagazine.org/content/good-word/acts-apostles-online-commentary-25

St. Sebastian of San Francisco & Jackson (Nov. 30), Apostle to all America and first American-born priest, reposed in 1940 after his remarkable labor for Christ and His lost sheep. This essay comes from his book “Preaching in the Russian Church” and shines light, in a clear and simple way, on the truth of the uniqueness of the Orthodox Church. This saint is worthy of far greater recognition than he currently receives for all that Christ did through him. 0:09 Introduction by Fr. Seraphim Rose from The Orthodox Word 3:02 St. Sebastian: What is the Orthodox Church? 3:55 The true and divine doctrine of holy faith 5:08 Heresy, or injury to the teaching of Christ 7:39 God the Father 8:00 God the Son 8:23 God the Holy Spirit 9:05 To be saved one must belong to the Orthodox Church 13:03 conditions of the true of lawful hierarchy 13:13 1) grace-filled Apostolic Succession 15:06 2) confesses the truth and is foreign to heresy 15:22 3) The Sacraments must retain the form and actions, otherwise the Sacrament may not be valid. 16:49 4) the true and lawful hierarchy must obey the rules and canons universally accepted by the Orthdoox Church. 17:27 5) also needed is unity in a spirit of peace and love. 17:59 The Orthodox Church is the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church ”What is the Orthodox Church? The Orthodox Church is a body or community of people who, 1: correctly believe in Divine Revelation; and, 2: who obey a lawful hierarchy instituted by our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, through the Holy Apostles.” “In the course of time the Apostolic Tradition, which was transmitted orally at first, was gradually, as the necessities of the Church demanded, committed to writing; and it is found in the works of the Holy Fathers and teachers of the first several centuries.” “The Apostles transmitted the power of conferring the Holy Spirit only to bishops.” -context is the example of how the Deacon Philip could not bring down the Holy Spirit on the Samaritans ”Therefore, it is the duty of Christians to obey the Church, for outside of her there is no salvation.” This text can be found in Issue #5 of The Orthodox Word: https://archive.org/details/100101V17N05061981SepOctNovDec/001%20V01N01%201965%20Jan%20Feb/ ALSO, listen to the Life of St. Sebastian (five parts) here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzFKi22k2KYiAmhiJ6mQaberXVJ0FZePY Orthodox Wisdom is dedicated to sharing the writings and lives of the Saints of the Orthodox Church. Glory to Jesus Christ! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/orthodox-wisdom/message

God redeemed the persecution of the Jerusalem Church by bringing salvation, healing and joy to the city and territory of Samaria. God accomplished this through Deacon Philip and then used Philip to spread the Kingdom to Africa!

Through a case study on Deacon Philip, we will see key insights that will shape a practically and tactically approach to evangelism in our day to day lives.

Through a case study on Deacon Philip, we will see key insights that will shape a practically and tactically approach to evangelism in our day to day lives.

Father Ed Broom, OMV, serves as Associate Pastor at St. Peter Chanel Church in Hawaiian Gardens, California. He is a member of the Religious Order, Oblates of the Virgin Mary, and was ordained by Saint John Paul II in St Peter’s Basilica on May 25, 1986. Fr. Ed is a Retreat Master and teaches Catholic […] The post DEACON PHILIP appeared first on Fr. Ed Broom, OMV.

Living as we do in a fallen world, we look to the example of how the church of the first century served God in a hostile environment.----We continued our examination of the relationship of men and women from the week before in 1 Peter 3-1-7 and Ephesians 5-18-26, and turned out attention to 1 Corinthians 11-3.----There we discovered the absolute equality of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit -what theologians call the Ontological Trinity, referring to what God is in himself- that is expressed in unique roles -the Economical Trinity-, where the Son submits himself to the Father in order to win salvation for us.----This helps us understand biblical authority- The Father is the head of the Son, the Son is the head of the man, and the man is the head of the woman.----When a woman is under proper male authority, and expresses that symbolically -1 Corinthians 11-4-6-, she is permitted to pray and -prophesy- in public worship.----Acts 21-9 mentions Deacon Philip, the Evangelist, as having four virgin daughters who exercised this gift.----And the Prophetess Huldah, the wife of Shallum -2 Kings 22-14-20-, was the person to whom the greatest king of Judah turned for guidance when he read the curses recorded against God people -Deuteronomy 28-.----This prophetess was so honored by the Jewish people that they named a gate after her when they rebuilt the Temple after returning from Babylonian captivity.

Moses and the burning bush.

The late 1960’s were culture changing in America and Great Britain. February 7,1964, Pan Am flight 101 landed at JFK International Airport in New York City and was welcomed by four thousand screaming fans. The modern day British invasion of America had landed, as the Beatles disembarked, a new era of music was launched. 1964 also saw the rise of the LSD culture. Professor Timothy Leary was the father of LSD, after he was fired from Harvard University. Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters began traveling across the USA in the psychedelic bus “Further” bringing their “electric Kool-Aid to the youth of America.” The Hippie culture was “turning on, tuning in, and dropping out.” American youth were protesting the Vietnam War by “making love, not war.” The Beatles released the psychedelic album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band in 1967. That summer between 75,000 and 100,000 Hippies gathered at the “Summer of Love” in the Haight-Ashbury area of San Francisco. Another counter culture movement invaded this mind expanding culture of free love. Several people experiencing a call from God began converging on the west coast at the same time. Don Williams on staff at Hollywood Presbyterian Church started a coffee house, “The Salt Company.” “The Living Room”, also a coffee house opened in the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco, led by Pastor John McDonald and two born again hippies, Ted and Elizabeth Wise. Tony and Sue Alamo, Jewish record promoters who were born again in 1967 began a street ministry. Duane Pederson began publishing “The Hollywood Free Paper” a Jesus People newspaper. Hundreds of hippies were coming to Christ and were being baptized in the Pacific Ocean. It became known as “The Jesus People Movement.” Although there were many segments, the consistent theme of this new move of God was, “There is only one way” and there was a strong emphasis on the Holy Spirit. While this counter culture move of God was happening among the hippies another move of God was taking place unexpectedly. Father Dennis Bennett, pastor of St Mark’s Episcopal Church of Van Nuys, CA announced on Palm Sunday 1960 and again on Easter Sunday that he had received the baptism of the Holy Spirit, just like the Apostles on the day of Pentecost. God was bringing a fresh outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon the established mainline church. Two professors at Duquesne University were thirsty for more of God. They began seeking and were given a copy of The Cross and the Switchblade and They Speak With Other Tongues. They received the baptism of the Holy Spirit in the fall of 1966. They invited twenty-five students from the university on a three day Holy Spirit retreat in February 1967. Each student was to read the Book of Acts chapters one to four and the book The Cross and the Switchblade. There was a mighty encounter of the Holy Spirit that weekend and many received the baptism of the Holy Spirit. The experienced jumped from Duquesne University in Pittsburg, PA, to Notre Dame University and then to Michigan State. The Catholic Charismatic Renewal was ignited. The convergence of these three movements, the Jesus People among the Hippies, the Charismatic Renewal among the Catholics, and the fresh outpouring of the Holy Spirit in the established churches, brought a spiritual awakening to America at a critical time. The soul of America was floundering. The existential humanism of Sartre and the philosophy of Nietzsche and Kierkegaard were blossoming into the Post-modern philosophy of Lyotard, Derrida and others. This great outpouring of the Holy Spirit swept thousands of young people into the Kingdom of God; brought life to sleepy churches; and resurrected churches that had been dead for years. New wine skins brought Spirit power and fresh life to movements that had long ago lost the vision and mission. It also gave birth to new ministries that turned the world upside down, like Youth With a Mission and Last Days Ministries. The largest move for world missions in over one hundred years was born as young people, middle aged, and even some senior citizens left home for short term and long term service on the foreign field. God was invading the humanistic, rationalistic, pragmatic materialistic culture of the United States and impacting the world. This Is What Will Change Our City That is exactly what Jesus Christ commanded His disciples in Luke 24:36-52. He gave them the Great Commission and then commanded them, “I am sending the promise of My Father upon you. But wait in the city of Jerusalem until you are clothed with power from on high” (v.49). What was the promise of the Father? Luke answered that question in his second epistle, Acts 1:4-5 “Do not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, of which you have heard from Me. For John baptized in water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now” (MEV). Jesus Christ was giving birth to His Church and commissioning them to go into a pagan, humanistic, rationalistic, sex-crazed culture with the Gospel of redemption, reconciliation and holiness. He knew the powers of darkness would boldly resist and counter attack with every force and authority at their disposal. He knew the message of the Church would be counter culture and the call for moral purity would be politically incorrect. The church would be viewed as intolerant, hateful, and resistant to government authority. Jesus knew Satan and his forces would stir up angry crowds and that arrogant religious leaders and proud Roman governors would bring accusation and persecution against the Apostles and the church. They would need a supernatural power to stand against such forces. They needed miracle working power to set people free from demonic possession and bring healing and restoration from sinful living and incurable disease. That power can only come when disciples are “clothed with power from on high.” No amount of education, seminary training, or religious form can make this possible. It is only the dynamic power of the Holy Spirit! This is consistent in Scripture. The first disciples waited in Jerusalem and ten days later they were baptized in the Holy Spirit and began turning that city upside down with the miraculous work and power of the Holy Spirit. Deacon Philip went north to Samaria preaching the Gospel. People were being saved, demons were cast out of people and new converts were baptized in water. When the Apostles in Jerusalem heard the report about the Samaritans, they sent Peter and John to Samaria. “When they came down, they prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit for still He had come on none of them. They were only baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit” (Acts 8:15-17 MEV). God sent the Gospel to the Gentiles for the first time and the baptism of the Holy Spirit accompanied the new work. “While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all those who heard the word. All the believers of the circumcision who had come with Peter were astonished, because the gift of the Holy Spirit had been pour out even on the Gentiles. For they heard them speaking in other tongues and magnifying god Then Peter continued, ‘Can anyone forbid water for baptizing these, who have received the Holy Spirit as we have? So he commanded them to be baptized in the Name of the Lord” (Acts 10:44-48 MEV). When the Apostle Paul met twelve disciples of John the Baptist at Ephesus, his first question to them was “Have you received the Holy Spirit since you believed” (Acts 19:2)? They had not been taught about the Holy Spirit. So the Apostle took the time to teach them about Jesus Christ, salvation by faith, and the promise of Holy Spirit baptism. Then Paul baptized them in the name of the Jesus Christ, laid hands on them, and they received the baptism of the Holy Spirit. Do you find it significant the Apostle’s first question to these men was about receiving the baptism of the Holy Spirit? God thought it was so important He wrote it in His Word. It is significant that every new work of God recorded in Scripture was accompanied with a new outpouring of Holy Spirit baptism. It is the difference maker. Just a brief review of church history will reveal each new move of God was accompanied with a fresh out pouring of Holy Spirit for it cannot happen without it. The world desperately needs people “clothed with power from on high.” That is the only way the church can deal with this pagan, demonized, sexualized culture. The powers of darkness have entrenched this generation and it is only the dynamic power of the Holy Spirit that will enable the church to confront and victoriously destroy the strongholds of hell. It is not more smoke and lights; better worship bands and singers; and hip preachers that will win our cities and turn our schools and universities upside down. It will be those believers who do exactly what Jesus commanded the Apostle… “But wait… until you are clothed with power from on high.” We must become passionately thirsty for Holy Spirit (John 7:37-39). We must specifically ask Him to baptize His people with the Holy Spirit (Luke 11:9-13). We must spend time in His presence worshiping Him with all our heart (Luke 24:50-53) We must then joyfully receive the fire and power of Holy Spirit (Acts 2:1-4). The power of the Holy Spirit will enable ordinary people to do the works of Jesus and even greater works (John 14:13). That is exactly what is desperately needed in our violent, immoral, demonized culture. Holy Spirit is the difference maker. Get my new study on the Holy Spirit!

Deacon Philip shares with us the story of the chaplains on SS Dorchester, and the serving ministry of Jesus. The gospel this week shows us that Jesus is the fulfillment of the prophets, and that His mission statement was to serve and to love. Connect with us online: assumptionsyr.org --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/assumption/message

In his homily celebrating the Holy Family, Deacon Philip teaches on the importance of how we best share the gospel in our families through our actions rather than our words. Connect with us online: assumptionsyr.org --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/assumption/message

Today we study success through the life and challenges of Deacon Philip

Today we study success through the life and challenges of Deacon Philip

Today we study success through the life and challenges of Deacon Philip

Deacon Philip opens up Sunday’s gospel and shares about focusing on the things God finds important. God desires us to know Him, to trust Him and come to Him with all our needs. There is no request too small for Jesus, including our salvation. The question is are we bold enough to ask God to restore our sight like Bartimaeus? Connect with us online: assumptionsyr.org --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/assumption/message

Reflecting on the gospel reading, Deacon Philip teaches us that as Christians, we are called to live to a higher standard. This standard requires sacrifice and putting others before ourselves. When we live like this, we are professing who we believe in, by living how Jesus did. Connect with us online: assumptionsyr.org --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/assumption/message

Jesus teaches a hard truth about His body and blood, which asks us to have great faith. Deacon Philip teaches us about the importance of faith in Jesus and His Church. Connect with us online: assumptionsyr.org --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/assumption/message

Jesus shows us the mercy and love of God through the simple act of touching the untouchable. His touch alone can provide physical healing, and even life from death. In his homily, Deacon Philip shows us that as we are the hands of Jesus, our touch and care can provide mercy and healing for others as well. Connect with us online: assumptionsyr.org --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/assumption/message

The story of an Ethiopian man and his encounter with the Deacon Philip was one of our salvation stories on this edition.

Sharing from Deacon Henry and Deacon Philip

Sun, May 03, 2015 by Pastor Jeff Alexander Passage: Acts 8:26-40 & 1 Peter 3:13-16 Persecution strikes. Christians scatter. Yet, so does the Word of God. In today's message from Acts 8:26-40, we see how Deacon Philip, a servant leader in the early church, seized the Spirit-given opportunity he was given to share the good news of Jesus Christ with a man from Ethiopia. How are you and I doing the same? How are we following the Spirit's guidance? How are we reaching out--even across cultural divides--to proclaim the gospel? | Follow us on Twitter @Root66Route

Mark Lawson talks to Dame Angela Lansbury, who returns to the West End stage after 40 years to play Madame Arcati in Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit. She discusses her mother, an actress, her wish to return to Murder She Wrote, and her ambivalence about Hollywood. Philip Seymour Hoffman's death was announced yesterday. Anton Corbijn - who directed him recently in A Most Wanted Man - pays tribute to the actor, whose films include The Master, Doubt, Happiness and Capote, for which he won an Oscar. Mark talks to the Turner Prize-winning artist Richard Deacon, whose exhibition of sculptures and drawings is about to open at Tate Britain. For more than four decades he has used materials ranging from laminated wood and polycarbonate to leather, cloth and ceramic.